EGRET gamma-ray sources : Observations and physics

dc.contributor.author	Mukherjee, R
dc.date.accessioned	2008-05-27T10:34:13Z
dc.date.available	2008-05-27T10:34:13Z
dc.date.issued	2002
dc.identifier.citation	BASI, Vol. 30, No. 1, pp. 73 - 83	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2248/2360
dc.description.abstract	High energy astronomy above 30 MeV received a significant impetus from the observations of EGRET (Energetic Gamma-Ray Experiment Telescope) on board the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO). Until June 2000, when CGRO was de-orbited, EGRET produced a wealth of important astrophysical results, and was responsible for the detection of more than 270 point sources of gamma-rays. These sources include active galaxies, pulsars, the normal galaxy LMC, as well as the large majority of sources that remain unidentified. In addition, EGRET has detected the high energy emission from a few ?-ray bursts (GRBs). The article selectively reviews some of the important results from EGRET.	en
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dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	Astronomical Society of India	en
dc.relation.uri	http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2002BASI...30...73M	en
dc.subject	EGRET	en
dc.subject	Pair Telescope	en
dc.subject	Gamma rays	en
dc.subject	Blazas	en
dc.subject	Pulsars	en
dc.title	EGRET gamma-ray sources : Observations and physics	en
dc.type	Article	en